Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-07-18
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The weather averages rather poor
for getting the hay crop.
Gen. Grout expects TO harvest 25O
tons Of hay on his Kirby farm.
Misses Mary and Lou Rawson are
here from Bennington on visit.
Jap Robinson Is enIarging his barn
and i fligreeing ii after the pattern
OF his other buildings.
Rev. c. B. Moody viii deliver a
lecture next Sunday evening. on
John Milton. the Hymn-writer-
Gen. Grout joined the editors and
printers on their excursion to Nan
cucket last week by special invitation.
\ house which John Barnard re-
Gently purchased Of Daniel R. Hunt
went up in smoke and fame recently.
J. G. Gray has enlarged his big
barn. making It 115 feet long and -
feet wide His hay crop Is very
heavy.
The NJ. F. Ladies' society meet at
the vestrv on Wednesday afternoon.
supper from TO : o'clock All in
vited.
Mrs. E H. Webster and the boys
are OF on q visit in the northwest part
Of the county, and the job printer IS
boarding out
F. T. Wilson has 4 new adj. which
all who want 70 get photographs which
look much better than originals, viii be
Interested in
The heated period Of several days
was broken on Wednesday evening
by a cool wave from the west and the
weather i agreeable.
See advertisement OF the Montpe-
Iier Seminary. Quite = Iarge number
OF students from this county attend
this school. and it has an excellent
reputation everywhere
Chas. F. Mathewson OF New York
city. and his mother. Mrs. Amelia
Mathewson of 81. Johnsbury, spent
the Sabbath here. Glad 10 see them.
Mr.. MathewsOn i doing a successful
law business in Gotham
Bro. Bishop Of the Essex Co Her
all i trying to boom somebody, he
seems 10 hardly know who, for gov
ernor. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, congress
man, etc Keep quiet, Bro, II Is too
early TO start up shooting matches.
Somebody hands in an item to the
effect that Elmer LeOnard's people.
who live in the north part OF the
town. had = dinner OF new potatoes
and string beans Sunday noon. and
within - hours had a IOIz pound
baby 70 contend with 1t would
strike u that early vegetables might
he useful in some OF the desOIate
families IN other parts OF the town.
The increased interest in horse
breeding which i seen in the state
has led some OF the leading horse
men in Caledonia county 70 issue 4
call for a meeting 10 be held at St
Johnsbury. Aug 9TH, commencing at
To- O'Clock. a. m. for the purpose Of
forming an association something on
the plan OF the state association, to
promote the horse interest in this
part Of the state. The call i signed
by E H. Hoffman, VIM ) Bailey.
T. \. Parks. Asa 5 Livingstone,
Geo I. Higgins. l. H Hail.
The managers Of the joint Exhibi
ton State Fair have issued q cireu-
lar in explanation OF causes that led
them 70 increase the price Of admis-
sion from p 70 80 cents, for which
complaint was made last year They
claim that By refusing TO rent the
grounds to gamblers liquor vendors
and disreputable persons, their reye-
nues are greatly diminished, and the
expenses Of running the fair makes
Il necessary 10 increase the admission
fee They ass the farmers and the
better class Of people To help them
out Of the difficulty BY moral and pc
euniary support They ought 10 keep
the grounds free from the evils men
TONED any way, and then II becomes
question Of policy whether the fee
should Dc changed or not Ii
strikes u that the larger fee l. set
too high, and that It viii keep many
people st home.